D. G. Yuengling & Son had already been brewing beer for 45 years when the Kempton Hotel was built in 1874. Last summer we sat at the bar of the Kempton and drank draft Yuengling beer. The Kempton isn’t on any lists of historic inns, and the Institute for Brewing Studies doesn’t classify Yuengling as... View Article
The Beer Travelers recommend these St. Louis-area beer stops. Locations are in St. Louis unless otherwise noted. Bevo Mill 4749 Gravois, 314-481-2626 Blueberry Hill 6504 Delmar Ave., 314-727-0880 Cicero’s 6691 Delmar Ave., 314-862-0009 Dressel’s 419 N. Euclid Ave., 314-361-1060 Il Vicino 41 North Central, Clayton, 314-727-1333 King Louie’s 3800 Chouteau, 314-865-3662 Llywelyn’s Pub 4747 McPherson... View Article
Never has a trip to the library made us quite so thirsty for beer.
Long before American Beer Month began in July, Kalamazoo Brewing Co. founder Larry Bell began evangelizing. “The most dynamic beer culture in the world is here. There is more going on with brewing in America than anywhere else,” he said. A style “may come from somewhere else, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a true... View Article
Food and lodging Prices have gone up since we made this trip in 1994, but pubs remain a great bargain when compared to hotels. Our accommodations didn’t always include a private bath but came with a full English breakfast that provided plenty of fuel for a good morning of hiking. Pub lunches, accompanied by a... View Article
You may find quicker ways to sample the delightful beers of Britain’s regional breweries than to head to their brewery-run pubs in the English countryside, but none better. You may find easier ways to visit these pubs than by exploring an entire county or two on foot, but none as satisfying.
We’ve taken Sierra to places that were perfectly friendly―particularly since we often traveled with a portable high chair―but weren’t exactly geared toward children. For instance, the Balcony Bar in New Orleans, which had 75 draft beers for us to choose from and French fries that Sierra really enjoyed, was a great place to sit on... View Article
In a scene that will be repeated by parents across the country this summer, we glanced back at our daughter snoozing in her car seat, at the clock on the dashboard and the roadmap, and began thinking about where and when we would stop for lunch.
